Relationship between balance and abnormalities in cerebral magnetic resonance imaging in older adults

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-79

  Tell, Grethe S ^a   Lefkowitz, David S ^b   Diehr, Paula ^c   Elster, Allen D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STABILOGRAPHY; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; WHITE MATTER;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031909177     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.55.1.73     Document Type: Article

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